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Celluloid celebration: the BFI Film on Film Festival 2025
The second edition of the BFI’s Film on Film Festival takes place at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, and includes a rare showing of an original print of Star Wars, among other treasures.
By Pamela Hutchinson
60 years of Repulsion: how the London locations look today
By Adam Scovell
Takeshi Kitano, a rare interview: “There are diverse patterns of queerness in Japanese society”
By Blake Simons
“One thing this endlessly prurient film never shows is female sexual pleasure”: Showgirls reviewed in 1996
By Claire Monk
Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka appointed as BFI Professor in Practice
Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka appointed as BFI Professor in PracticeBFI and CoSTAR launch report on generative AI for the screen industries
BFI and CoSTAR launch report on generative AI for the screen industriesThe game of observation: a new interview with Darling and Eyes Wide Shut screenwriter Frederic Raphael
By Alex Ramon
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Actor, producer and Hollywood legend Tom Cruise visits the BFI Southbank to talk to Edith Bowman about his career.
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